I am sorry. I am not used to this.
To your first question, which was about the strategy that we are planning to use to take advantage of the agreement, I would say that each province may have a different approach, depending on the access to meat-packing plants. To be able to take advantage of the agreement, people are certainly going to want to see the packing plants to determine which ones are in compliance. To be able to sell products to the European Union, the producers must be accredited, but so must the packing plants. So the process of accrediting packing plants is one of the steps. As Mr. Walton mentioned, we already have an accredited plant in western Canada. In the east, there are probably one or two that are almost accredited.
In terms of the non-tariff barriers to the agreement, one of the little-known aspects is that producing for American certification requires an approved inspection. That is done by veterinarians. Clearly, the costs of the services of those veterinarians must be borne entirely by the producers. Those costs can certainly be quite limiting. I would categorize it as a non-tariff cost because, basically, it is related to the certification. When we produce for Canada, we do not have to pay certification fees or inspection fees to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
There are also some technical issues, which have more to do with the packing plants. I do not want to go into the details of each of those issues. Some of them have been settled, like the ones dealing with carcass wash and packaging.
As for producing without hormones, in itself, it is not a problem for producers. It is just a question of finding a packing plant that is interested and then getting the production process going. Since, under the agreement with the European Union, the requirements start when the animal is born, and the animal is not ready for consumption for 20 months, you kind of have to work for at least that amount of time. That is why producers need a stable environment. If they decide to produce according to precise standards today, they have to be sure that the person who said that he wanted to buy the product still wants to buy it in 20 months. it is a problem, but it is far from being insurmountable.
Does that answer your questions?